Prince An heard the voice and came out. Seeing the prince angrily scolding Xiao Tuo, he flew into a rage. Without thinking, he slapped the prince in the face and said harshly, "Your aunt is still lying in there, her life or death is uncertain, what are you doing here? Get out!"
The Crown Prince had never seen Prince An so angry, and he never expected that Prince An would hit him in front of Hu Huanxi and Xiao Tuo Su Qing. This was a great humiliation for him.
Prince An had long since stopped caring about the affairs of the court, and he had little contact with the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince usually did not take him seriously, but now that he had been slapped, he was not willing to give up. He stroked his face and looked at Prince An with hatred, "Okay, Murong Zi, I will report this to my mother. I will also remember this slap."
Prince An said coldly: "If you don't leave, I will break your legs."
Concubine Yi was not as childish and foolish as the prince. She knew how powerful Prince An was, so she said to the prince, "Your Highness, let's go first. Something happened to the princess, and everyone is in a bad mood. The queen asked you to come and see the princess, and now you have seen her, let's go."
She brought up the Queen intentionally or unintentionally, in fact, to warn Prince An not to be too presumptuous.
Prince An had a cold face and stared at the prince until he left angrily.
Hu Huanxi didn't expect it to turn out like this. She was very upset, especially since she knew the prince was very stingy and would not let Xiao Tuo go so easily.
Xiao Tuo is a straightforward person.
After Murong Jie entered the palace, he went straight into Xiwei Palace.
Eunuch Lu and Eunuch Bao were unable to stop him, and he flew into a rage and drove out all the palace maids and imperial doctors.
He broke into the bedroom, lifted the thick curtains, and stood beside the bed.
He said in a cold voice: "I know you are awake, I just want to know how you threatened Xiao Xiao eleven years ago."
The person on the bed was silent for a long time before a slightly unhappy voice came out, "Seventh Brother, I gave you this privilege, not to trespass into my palace."
Murong Jie said in a cold voice, "Your Majesty should know my character. Even if I were not the regent, I would still be aggressive."
"Your willfulness..." He sighed deeply, "It's all because of my indulgence. So what if you know that? It's all over. Little aunt will get through it. She got through it eleven years ago."
"She took a sleeping pill and wore a wedding dress!" Murong Jie stared at the person on the bed with red eyes.
The man's face was horrified, his eyes almost popped out, he clutched the quilt with both hands, and didn't breathe for a long time.
After a long while, he closed his eyes and said, "I feel ashamed of her."
"She has always believed that you are sincere in your kindness to her." Murong Jie stared at him, "Why do you do this?"
The emperor was silent for a moment. "You are now the regent, don't you know why? Why do you want to curb the prince? Why do you want to deprive the tutor of his power? Why do you want to destroy Xia Huaijun? It's the same reason."
"One is a sycophant, the other is a loyal minister. I don't see why they are the same."
"Loyal minister?" He sneered. "Now he looks like a loyal minister, but people are like this. Once they have the ability and the capital to rebel, loyal ministers will also become treacherous ministers, treacherous ministers who plot to usurp the throne."
"At this point, do you still think so?" Murong Jie gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
The emperor didn't speak for a long time.
Murong Jie punched the bed, leaving a hole in the sandalwood bed. Blood was flowing from the back of his hand, but he ignored it and growled, "Speak!"
The emperor closed his eyes and said, "Go now. I don't have much time left. You don't have to force me. If I am really wrong, I will admit my mistakes and apologize to my aunt in the afterlife."
Murong Jie stared at him, "Are you threatening Xiao Xiao with the crime of treason?"
The emperor sneered, "Since you know, why bother asking me? It seems that Xiao Xiao has told you."
"Xiao Xiao didn't say anything. After my aunt took the medicine, he also committed suicide. I stabbed him in the heart with a knife. He was so cruel that he didn't leave any way out."
The emperor stared at him blankly, his face covered with red spots showing a strange emotion. He slowly forced out a smile, a smile that was uglier than crying, "Well, they are together after all."
Murong Jie kept staring at him, "I really didn't expect this. There are so many things that I really didn't expect."
I didn't expect him to be so cruel. I didn't expect that he would choose to sacrifice my aunt's happiness in order to consolidate his throne.
The emperor sat up slowly, coughed, raised his face slightly, stretched his neck, and took a breath uncomfortably. "My aunt came here and she talked to me a lot. Since she left, I have been asking myself if I would do the same thing again if I had the chance to do it again."
Murong Jie stared at him, his eyes bloodshot.
He shook his head slowly, "But I don't know. As an emperor, there are many things that I have to do. The Xiao family is already very powerful. If Xiao Xiao marries my aunt, it will be at its peak. Can you ensure that he has never had any second thoughts? If you can't ensure it, it will leave troubles. That is the country of my Great Zhou. My ancestors bought it with their blood. It cannot be defeated in my hands. So do you think I did something wrong? You are in the same position now. Do you think I really did something wrong?"
"Even so, there is no need for you to force Xiao Xiao to marry Han Qingqiu."
"If he hadn't betrayed my aunt, would she let him go? Would she give up? Only betrayal is an unforgettable pain. This pain will make her remember for the rest of her life that this man should not be approached. However, I thought that after two or three years of pain, she would forget Xiao Xiao, but I didn't expect..." He started coughing again, and this cough was out of control.
Eunuch Lu rushed in hurriedly, with hot water and a handkerchief on the floor, and served them by the bed.
Murong Jie looked at him coughing as if he was almost dying, and slowly stepped back, feeling a pain slowly eating away at his heart. He knew that no matter how much he blamed him, he could not save his aunt's life, and he was about to face his brother the Emperor who was about to send him away.
After Murong Jie left, the emperor began to cough up blood. The imperial doctors rushed in to treat him. His life was temporarily saved, but his condition was more serious than before.
After the Queen Mother returned to the palace, she never stopped crying. If Zhuangzhuang had died of illness or in an accident, she would not have been so sad. But he died in this way. She knew that she was an accomplice in forcing Zhuangzhuang to death, so in addition to sadness, she also felt guilty.
Everyone knows that if you take sleeping pills and there is no antidote, you will die.
"Eunuch Sun, write to Hanshan immediately to see if our ancestor is in Hanshan." The Empress Dowager was sad and thought of the Grand Empress Dowager.
Eunuch Sun shook his head. "No need to write a letter. The Empress Dowager has already left. She has made it clear that she will never come back."
The Queen Mother sighed heavily, "I feel so ashamed of her. She just left and Zhuangzhuang got into this trouble. I..."
The palace maid came in quickly, "Empress Dowager, someone has arrived from Xiwei Palace."
The Queen Mother's face changed, "Hurry up and spread it!"
Eunuch Bao came in quickly, knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Replying to the Queen Mother, the Emperor's condition has worsened. The imperial physician said that the situation is very bad."
The Empress Dowager could hardly catch her breath and stared at Eunuch Bao in a daze.
(End of this chapter)